Yes would like to get involved. Its open to india? On 20/01/2012, Daniel Mietchen <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > just wanted to bring this event to your attention. If any of you would > like to be involved with the organization, please get in touch. > Otherwise, you are warmly invited to submit a paper. > > Thanks and cheers, > > Daniel > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Angelika Adam <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:29 PM > Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Call for Papers - Wikipedia Academy 2012: > Research and Free Knowledge > To: [email protected] > > > (Apologies for cross-postings) > > CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. > June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany > > Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page > Submit your papers here: > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 > > The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a > platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to > connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in > particular and on free knowledge in general. > > The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for > Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will > take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open > to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats, > ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper > presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster > presentations and a science fair. We particularly invite young > doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit > extended abstracts. > > For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of > extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia > and free knowledge. > > == Dates == > > * Submission of extended abstracts: March 31, 2012 > * Notification of acceptance: May 01, 2012 > * Submission of full papers: June 1, 2012 > * Event: June 29 - July 1, 2012 > > == Topics of interest == > > Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details > will be available soon on the conference website: > > http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process > > === Wikipedia Analytics === > > * Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool > * Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data" > * Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles > > === Wikipedia Global === > > * Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias > * Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies > * Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons > > === Sharing Cultures and Practices === > > * Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based > peer production > * Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative > peer production > * Wiki theory and wiki practices > > === Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia === > > * Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia > * Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open > collaborative settings > * Using information visualization as information instrument to users > and contributors > > === Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge === > > * Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access > to free knowledge > * Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination > in Wikipedia > * The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other > collaborative forms of knowledge production > > == Submission Guidelines == > > Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer > review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a > case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one > author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a > full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the > organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online > proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In > addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a > Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, unless the authors > explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this > licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order > to promote open access to scholarly work, although decisions to opt > out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any > way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from > the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to > publish at least the extended abstract online. > > Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open > Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at: > > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 > Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one > on the spot if you don't already have one. > > > > > -- > Angelika Adam > Projektmanagerin > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Eisenacher Straße 2 > 10777 Berlin > > Tel.: +49 30 219158260 > http://wikimedia.de > > > Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales > Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. > Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition! > > ****Unterstützen Sie Freies Wissen mit einer SMS. Senden Sie einfach > WIKI an 81190. 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